Football Star/Actor Bubba Smith Dead At 66
Aug. 4 2011, Published 11:15 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
UPDATE: Breaking Celebrity News has learned an autopsy on Smith is being conducted today.
All-Pro football star and actor Charles Aaron Smith -- better known as Bubba Smith -- has died at the age of 66, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.
Smith's body was found Wednesday afternoon by a caretaker at his home in Los Angeles, police said. It’s believed he died of natural causes.
At 6-foot-7, 280-pounds, Smith -- a native of Beaumont, Texas – was known for his imposing build, something that served him well as a defensive end in both his college and professional football career.
In the 1960s, he was a popular athlete at Michigan State University and was awarded with All-American honors in 1965 and 1966. In his senior season, he played in the "Game of the Century" (a 10–10 tie at home against the University of Notre Dame). Michigan State finished 2nd in the voting for the National Championship, behind Notre Dame. Fans would routinely chant "Kill Bubba, Kill" when he would take to the field.